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NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL, Gaspard.
Traité Complete De Fortification.
Paris: Barrois, 1818..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 502; 1 p.l., ii, 348. lacking half-titles? 77 folding engraved plates. contemporary calf (worn, 3 covers detached, outer edge of some plates tatty, several plates with tears - no loss, light foxing to first few leaves). Third Revised and Enlarged Edition.
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O'MEARA, Barry E[dward] [1778-1836].
An Exposition Of Some Of The Transactions, That Have Taken Place At St. Helena, Since The Appointment Of Sir Hudson Lowe As Governor Of That Island.
London: Printed For James Ridgway, 1819.
8vo. pp. xviii, 215, [1]ads. with half-title. later half chagrin, t.e.g. (scattered foxing). Second Edition. Partly written in response to an anonymous pamphlet entitled Facts Illustrative Of The Treatment Of Napoleon Bonaparte which had attempted to vindicate the actions of Governor Lowe in relation to allegations against him made by O'Meara. O'Meara had refused to pass information to Lowe regarding Napoleon, whom he attended as physician at St. Helena. Lowe insisted that O'Meara be dismissed from his post, and this was effected when independent evidence of O'Meara's intrigues reached Lord Bathurst. When O'Meara sent a letter to the Admiralty instinuating that Napoleon's life was not safe in Lowe's hands, his name was stricken from the list of naval surgeons.
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O'MEARA, Barry E[dward] [1778-1836].
Napoleon In Exile; Or, A Voice From St. Helena. The Opinions And Reflections Of Napoleon On The Most Important Events In His Life And Government, In His Own Words.
New York: Redfield, 1853..
2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xii, 328; 322. original cloth (extremities & joints frayed front joint of Vol. II partly cracked, numbers written on 4 pages, scattered light foxing). O'Meara, who attended Napoleon as physician during his exile at St. Helena, was extremely critical of Napoleon's treatment at the hands of Governor Lowe and refused to pass on information to which he was privy. He was dismissed from his position, and his name was later stricken from the list of naval surgeons.
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O'MEARA, Barry E[dward] [1778-1836].
Napoleon In Exile; Or, A Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions And Reflections Of Napoleon On The Most Important Events Of His Life And Government, In His Own Words.
London: Jones And Co., 1827..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., [vii]-xxviii, 512; 1 p.l., 552. lacking half-titles. 2 additional engraved titles, 3 engraved portraits (incl. 2 frontis.) & 1 engraved plate. 10th century half calf (some edgewear, foxing to & offsetting from plates). Sixth Edition. Based in part on the previously published Exposition Of Some Of The Transactions, That Have Taken Place At St. Helena, Since The Appointment Of Sir Hudson Lowe As Governor Of That Island (1819). The work created a sensation and soon reached a fifth edition. "Its most valuable feature was an account of Napoleon's outspoken conversations with O'Meara; but the chapters that chiefly rendered it popular were those that pitilessly denounced the treatment meted out to Napoleon by Lowe and the government." (DNB) O'Meara was equally assailed and defended in the press.
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OUDINOT, [Eugénie de Courcy], Duchesse de Reggio [1791-1868] & Gaston STIEGLER.
Memoirs Of Marshal Oudinot Duc De Reggio Compiled From The Hitherto Unpublished Souvenirs Of The Duchesse De Reggio By Gaston Stiegler And Now First Translated Into English By Alexander Teixeira De Mattos.
London: H. Henry & Co. Ltd., 1896..
8vo. pp. viii, 480. with half-title. 2 heliogravure portraits (incl. frontis.). modern quarter calf (light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition of the English Translation of these memoirs of Nicolas Charles, Duc De Reggio [1767-1847], who became Marshal of France during the Napoleonic Wars.
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PAPACINO D'ANTONI, Alessandro Vittorio [1714-1786].
A Treatise On Gun-Powder; A Treatise On Fire-Arms; And A Treatise on the Service of Artillery in Time of War: Translated...By Captain Thomson, of The Royal Regiment of Artillery.
London: Sold by T. and J.Egerton, 1789..
8vo. pp. xl, 374, [1]errata. complete with half-title. 24 folding engraved plates. later (c1900) quarter morocco (joints partly cracked, bookplate of the Institution of Civil Engineers library, gilt crest on lower spine & several rubberstamps, scattered light foxing). First Edition of the English Translations. Papacino D'Antoni was a distinguished Piedmontese artillery officer, who was appointed director of the royal school of artillery and fortifications at Turin in 1755, and wrote extensively on the military arts. Originally intended for use as textbooks at the royal school these three important treatises on gun-powder, fire-arms, and artillery were subsequently translated and adapted for use in Austria and France, and England. The treatise on gunpowder is cited in the bibliography on the subject in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th Edn.).
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PAQUIN, [Denis] Charles [1786-1845].
Amours et Coups de Sabre d'un Chasseur à Cheval Suvenirs De Charles Parquin (1803-1809) Annotés d'après les Documents d'Archives et les Mémoires [par] Albert Savine.
Paris: Louis-Michaud Éditeur, [1910]..
8vo. pp. 187, [1 leaf]. with half-title. text illus. untrimmed in modern quarter calf (marginal tape repair to 3 leaves at end). First Edition.
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PELET, [Jean Jacques Germain], Baron De La Lozère [1777-1858].
Napoleon In Council, Or The Opinions Delivered By Bonaparte In The Council Of State. Translated From The French.By Captain Basil Hall, R.N.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell & London: Whittaker & Co., 1837..
12mo. pp. xii, 334, [2]ads. 1 facsimile. modern half morocco by P.B.Sanford, t.e.g. (joints rubbed, small piece chipped from head of spine). First Edition of the English Translation. Pelet was a member of the Chamber of Deputies and Late Minister of Public Instruction.
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[PERCEVAL, John, second Earl of Egmont] [1711-1770].
An Examination of the Principles, And An Enquiry into the conduct, Of The Two B*****rs; In Regard to The Establishment of their Power, and their Prosecution of the War, 'till the Signing of the Preliminaries. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament.
London: Printed for A.Price, 1749..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 79. with half-title. disbound (some foxing, institutional bookplate). Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected. An attack on the principles and conduct of Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (the two brothers), with regard to the War of the Austrian Succession. There are several references to the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745; Perceval is especially critical of its restitution to France under the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle in 1748. European Americana 749/88. cfCasey I 141. cfSabin 23367. cfGoldsmiths' 8454.
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[POTTER, Thomas] [1718-1759].
The Expedition Against Rochefort Fully Stated and Considered, In A Letter To the Right Honourable the Author Of The Candid Reflexions On The Report Of The General Officers, &c. By a Country Gentleman...
London: Printed and Sold by J.Towers, 1758..
8vo. pp. 66, [2]. disbound. Second Enlarged Edition. Laying the blame for the failure of the expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War on commanding officer, Sir John Mordaunt. Mordaunt was court-martialed but acquitted despite intense public pressure in favour of a guilty verdict.
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PUYSEGUR, [Jacques François De CHASTENET], Marquis de [1656-1743].
Art De La Guerre, Par Principes Et Par Règles.Nouvelles Édition.
The Hague: Frédéric Henri Scheurleer, 1749..
2 Volumes in 1. folio. pp. 2 p.l., vi, 176; 3 p.l., 210. lacking frontis. portrait. engraved title vignettes after designs by Cochin Fils. 2 engraved headpieces by Jan Schenck. 41 folding engraved plates. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (binding worn but solid, joints cracked). Second Edition (?) of one of the most important and influential books published on the science of warfare. The Maréchal de Puységur, son of the well-known military author and general, distinguished himself during the French campaign in Spain and the Low Countries under Kings Louis XIV and XV. His work is drawn not only from personal experience but also from a broad reading of ancient and modern writers on military matters. Illustrating the text are forty-one fine engraved plates, including plans, diagrams of battle formations, and several large folding maps. One of the more unusual plates depicts the carefully calculated sleeping arrangement of nine soldiers in a small tent. The work was originally published at Paris in 1748 in folio; another Paris edition, in quarto, appeared in 1749. Brunet IV 989n. Cohen-De Ricci 830n. Graesse V 514n. Not in Spaulding & Karpinski.
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RAPP, Jean [1771-1821].
Memoirs.
London: Printed For Henry Colburn And Co., 1823..
8vo. pp. 1 p.l., viii, 431. engraved frontis. portrait contemporary calf, gilt back (some small scratches & stains to covers, upper front joint starting, foxing & browning to portrait, title, last leaf & endleaves). First Edition of the English Translation. Rapp was a French military officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the Egyptian Campaign under Louis Desaix he became aide-de-camp to Napoleon, a position which he held from 1800 to 1814. During this time he was entrusted with several confidential missions in the Vendée, Switzerland and Belgium, and distinguished himself at the battles of Austerlitz, Schleiz, Jena, Borkowo, Golymin, Essling, Valoutina-Gora, Borodino, and Berezina. He is credited with saving Napoleon's life twice, from an assassination attempt by Friedrich Staps during the signing of the Treaty of Schönbrunn, and from an attack of Cossacks at the Gorodnia. As Governor of Danzig, Rapp held the town for a year after the withdrawal of the French army from Russia.
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RICHARDSON, Major [John] [1796-1852].
Personal Memoirs.As Connected With The Singular Oppression Of That Officer While In Spain By Lieutenant General Sir De Lacy Evans.
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay., 1838..
8vo. pp. 145, [1]errata, iv. original cloth-backed bds. (spine defective, joints cracked, occasional spotting). First Edition. Scarce. From 1834 to 1837 Richardson served in the British legion, a volunteer force employed in support of the Spanish royalists and commanded by General De Lacy Evans. This is one of three works he wrote relating to his experiences in Spain. It continues in greater detail the account of the rupture between Richardson and General Evans begun in the addenda to his Movements of the British Legion in Spain (1837), a greatly enlarged second edition of his Journal of the Movements Of The British Legion in Spain (1836). It is also the first work of his to be published in Canada. Richardson, who had been wounded in the Spanish campaign, was promoted a major in 1836, and was awarded a knighthood in the military Order of St. Ferdinand for his courage in battle. Casey I 1637. Dionne III 346. Gagnon I 3016. Lande 2130. Morley 45. TPL 2209.
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ROBINSON, Charles N. (Editor).
Navy & Army Illustrated A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire. Vol. I.
London: Hudson & Kearns & George Newnes, Limited, [1896]..
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 316. numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth, gilt edges (extremities bit frayed, some foxing to title & index, outer edge of 1 leaf ragged with slight loss of text).
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ROBINSON, Charles N. (Editor).
Navy & Army Illustrated A Magazine Descriptive and Illustrative of Everyday Life in the Defensive Services of the British Empire. Vol. II.
London: Hudson & Kearns & George Newnes, Limited, [1896]..
folio. pp. 2 p.l., 320. 1 colour portrait & numerous text illus. original pictorial cloth, gilt edges (extremities bit frayed, some foxing to title & index).
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